warmingup reading.doc

兰州新区舟曲中学2012-2013第一学期高一英语必修一 Unit4导学案 课型：阅读 编制人：周州Unit 4 EacrthquakesWarming up & ReadingClass: Name:Objectives Learn to read about past experiences Have a better understanding of “earthquake”Learning contents:1. Warming up Warming up by looking and sayingHave you ever experienced any natural disasters? Look at the pictures. Can you name all the disasters? ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )Have you ever experienced an earthquake? Can you describe how terrible an earthquake is? (2) Warming up by talking about Tangshan / California EarthquakeToday we shall start Unit 4 Earthquake. First please learn about the two famous earthquakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and The California Earthquake. At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, wiped out the city of Tangshan and killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 is one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. Deaths: 3,000 Injuries: 225,000 Property Damage: $ 400,000,000 in 1906 $2. Pre-reading by talking and sharingBefore an earthquake comes various signs could be seen. What are they? Cows, pigs and dogs become too nervous too eat. The mice will run out of the fields looking for places to hide. The water in the wells will rise and fall. Walls of the wells in village will have deep cracks. There will be bright light in the sky.3. Listening and fast readingPlease listen to the text and get the general idea of the passage. Q：In what order is the text written?_4. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them in your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP5. Reading for the organization of the text and retell the textRead the text for the outline of it and retell the story in your own words with the help of the outline.Type of writing and summary of the textType of writingThis is a piece of _ writingMain idea of thepassageThe article describes the _ and the _ of Tang Shan earthquake in _. It shows us the terrible image of _. At the same time it hits us that we must realize that we can do something to minimize the _ caused by _.Topic sentenceof 1st paragraphStrange things were happening in the _ in _ Hebei.Topic sentenceof 2nd paragraphEverything began to _ and it seemed that the world was at an end.Topic sentenceof 3rd paragraphEverywhere they looked nearly everything was _.Topic sentenceof 4th paragraphAll _ was not lost.6. Making a text structure analysisRead the text “A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP”, and then complete the following chart.Time/ order What happenedResult three days before the earthquakesaw: heard: smelt: at about 3:00 amat 3:42 amfe